Click http://www.pbase.com/hjsteed/foliage_pear for more photos & information about these prolific blossoming trees on Manhattan streets.
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It should be noted that NYU plans to destroy this block to build a skyscraper here in the heart of historic Greenwich Village. See http://www.pbase.com/hjsteed/laguardia_place_community_garden for more information about NYU's plans to destroy the neighborhood gardens & children's playgrounds for their expansion plan in Greenwich Village.